On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > With a free form field called "System specific information, please paste > here the output of “reportbug --template <package>”". > > That could even be reasonable.
Except many people won't bother doing that. Currently, the barrier to submitting bugs manually (that is, through mail but without the use of reportbug) makes it less common for people to file useless bug reports. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a webinterface, but perhaps make it easier to find that webinterface if people use reportbug. That is, have a desktop icon "file a bug" that causes reportbug to gather the necessary information from the local system, submit an HTTP request with template information over SOAP or some such, receive an HTTP URL from the server, and then fire off sensible-browser with said URL to allow the user to fill in whatever needs to be filled in. People who know what they're doing can of course still figure out how to file bug reports using just their web interface, just like people who know what they're doing can file bug reports using just their MUA today. But I don't see why we should make it easy for people to file useless bugreports. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100727151217.gh11...@celtic.nixsys.be
